Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1909 December 3 | Born Nadine Dana Suesse in Kansas City, Misourri, to Nina Louise Quarrier (1886-1945) and Julius C. Suess (1877-1942) |
| 1916 | Soloist in vaudeville performance Nadine Suesse - The Child Musical Wonder at the Empress Theatre |
| circa 1919 | Began piano studies with Gertrude Concannon and organ with Hans Feil in Kansas City |
| 1923 | Received prize for original piano composition "Novellette" from the Missouri Federation of Music Clubs |
| 1926 | Moved to Greenwich Village in New York City |
| 1927 January 13 | Copyrighted her first song, "I Want the World for You," a collaboration with Ethel Park Richardson |
| 1927 | Began studying piano with Alexander Siloti and composition with Rubin Goldmark |
| 1928 July 2 | Copyrighted "Syncopated Love Song," which T. B. Harms published the following year |
| 1930 October | Composed music for Billy Rose's revue Sweet and Low |
| 1931 | Staff composer, Famous Music Composed "Whistling in the Dark," with lyrics by Allen Boretz; recorded by Guy Lombardo for Brunswick Records and Rudy Vallée for Victor Records Composed "Ho Hum," with lyrics by Edward Heyman; recorded by the Hal Kemp Orchestra |
| 1932 | Jazz Nocturne published by Famous Music; republished as "My Silent Love," with lyrics by Edward Heyman Joined the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) |
| 1932 November 4 | Performed Concerto in Three Rhythms, orchestrated by Ferde Grofé, in Paul Whiteman's concert Fourth Experiment in Modern Music |
| 1933 March | Staff Composer, T. B. Harms |
| 1933 September 10 | Performed with Paul Whiteman's orchestra at Madison Square Garden |
| 1933 December 15 | Debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in Paul Whiteman's concert Sixth Experiment in Modern Music |
| 1934 | Composed "You Oughta Be in Pictures," with lyrics by Edward Heyman |
| 1934 October 28 | Guest on George Gershwin's WABC radio show Music by Gershwin |
| 1936 | Composed music, including "The Night Is Young and You're So Beautiful," for Billy Rose's Revue Casa Mañana, which premiered at the Fort Worth Frontier Centennial on July 18 |
| 1937 May | Composed music for Billy Rose's Aquacade, which premiered at the Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1939 February 17 | Staff composer, Robbins Music Corp. |
| 1939 Summer | Collaborated with Harold Adamson on "This Changing World" |
| 1939 July | Young Man with a Harp premiered by Casper Reardon and the Philadelphia Orchestra |
| 1940 July 6 | Married Courtney Burr (June 29, 1954) |
| 1941 March | Composed music for Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe revues, including Venus on the Halfshell and The Toast of the Town |
| 1942 | The Cocktail Suite published by G. Schirmer, Inc. |
| 1947 January 21 | It Takes Two premiered in Boston |
| 1947 November 1-1950 September | Studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris |
| 1949 March 4 | Accompanied Reardon on Young Man with a Harp at a White House dinner for Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt |
| 1956 | Recorded Concerto in Rhythm, later retitled Jazz Concerto in D, at Nola Studios with Cy Coleman |
| 1956 May 1 | Performed with Vernon Duke for the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. |
| 1970 April 14 | Moved to New London, Connecticut, after a short stay in Niantic, Connecticut |
| 1971 April 16 | Married Charles Edwin Delinks (1912-1981) |
| 1974 December 11 | Performed with Cy Coleman and the American Symphony Orchestra at a benefit concert of her works at Carnegie Hall |
| 1975 July | Compositions featured in a concert series at the Newport Music Festival |
| 1975 | Moved to the U.S. Virgin Islands with Delinks |
| 1982 Spring | Moved to Manhattan after a short stay in Shreveport, Louisiana |
| 1987 October 16 | Died in New York |